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The use of ‘beware’ and ‘be aware’ in sentence writing


A reader took issue with the title of my column two weeks ago. Inter alia, he wrote; “It is incorrect to say ‘Beware of’ . The correct usage is either “Be aware of” or just ‘Beware’. In response, I drew his attention to the transitive and intransitive forms of the offending phrase.

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